TÜİK announced: Turkey's fastest impoverishing and enriching provinces have been identified

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) shared its 2023 report on Gross Domestic Product by Province with the public on December 12.

According to the data shared by TÜİK, the GDP per capita across Turkey rose from 26,624 TL in 2014 to 311,110 TL in 2023. In dollar terms, this figure increased from 12,178 dollars to 13,243 dollars.

GDP represents the total value of final goods and services produced domestically within a specific period.

THE PROVINCE CONTRIBUTING MOST TO TURKEY'S GDP GROWTH: ISTANBUL

Istanbul was the province that contributed the most to the 5.1 percent increase in annual GDP compared to the previous year, based on the chained volume index, with 1.65 percent. Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 0.96 percent and Kocaeli with 0.27 percent.

According to the GDP data announced by TÜİK, Turkey's fastest-enriching and fastest-impoverishing provinces have been determined.

Here are Turkey's 10 fastest-enriching provinces:

Şırnak

2022: 5,254 - 2023: 7,555

Change: 44 percent - 2,301 dollars

Ağrı

2022: 3,337 - 2023: 4,706

Change: 41 percent - 1,369 dollars

Van

2022: 3,275 - 2023: 4,598

Change: 40 percent - 1,324 dollars

Siirt

2022: 4,785 - 2023: 6,702

Change: 44 percent - 1,917 dollars

Kars

2022: 4,712 - 2023: 6,545

Change: 39 percent - 1,833 dollars

Malatya

2022: 5,646 - 2023: 7,794

Change: 38 percent - 2,148 dollars

Adıyaman

2022: 4,780 - 2023: 6,564

Change: 37 percent - 1,784 dollars

Bitlis

2022: 4,077 - 2023: 5,550

Change: 36 percent - 1,473 dollars

Erzurum

2022: 5,416 - 2023: 7,365

Change: 36 percent - 1,949 dollars

Hakkari

2022: 5,075 - 2023: 6,861

Change: 35 percent - 1,785 dollars

Here are Turkey's 10 fastest-impoverishing provinces:

Artvin

2022: 9,867 - 2023: 9,620

Change: -2 percent - -247 dollars

Zonguldak

2022: 9,563 - 2023: 9,937

Change: 4 percent - 375 dollars

Uşak

2022: 8,851 - 2023: 9,689

Change: 9 percent - 838 dollars

Kırıkkale

2022: 10,105 - 2023: 11,191

Change: 11 percent - 1,086 dollars

Tekirdağ

2022: 15,296 - 2023: 17,099

Change: 12 percent - 1,803 dollars

Bayburt

2022: 5,908 - 2023: 6,606

Change: 12 percent - 699 dollars

Gaziantep

2022: 8,725 - 2023: 9,880

Change: 13 percent - 1,155 dollars

Denizli

2022: 9,456 - 2023: 10,803

Change: 14 percent - 1,347 dollars

Kırşehir

2022: 7,938 - 2023: 9,140

Change: 15 percent - 1,202 dollars

Mardin

2022: 6,220 - 2023: 7,236

Change: 16 percent - 1,015 dollars